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>> alex, you wrote about this for politico, i think cynthia is right in terms of characterizing what drives the personal favorability numbers. the question is it enough? you know it presents that old beer question, many people think we select presidents based on with whom would you rather have a beer. if that is the decision in this case it will be to the benefit of the president. >> it sure will michael. and this goes to the heart of the big interpretive debates between republican and democratic pollsters in this election, if you go to the democratic side, the president's team, they will say ...

The question is is it enough? you know it presents that old beer question, many people think we select presidents based on with whom would you rather have a beer. if that's the decision in this case case, it will be to the benefit of the president. >> it sure will michael. and this goes to the heart of the big interpretive debates between republican and democratic pollsters in this election, if you go to the democratic side, the president's team, they will say these gave -- favorability numbers show there is still a level of trust, residual affection from the president of 2008. that people are...

Husband. he projects warmth on the campaign trail. and so that has helped him i think some. >> alex, you wrote about this for politico, i think cynthia is right in terms of characterizing what drives the personal favorability numbers. the question is it enough? you know it presents that old beer question, many people think we select presidents based on with whom would you rather have a beer. if that is the decision in this case it will be to the benefit of the president. >> it sure will michael. and this goes to the heart of the big interpretive debates between republican and democratic pollst...

Than whether they want to have beer with -- if it's a sound economy, if folks are not struggling, then the beer question matters. you've got to be able to afford the beer. so romney needs the economy to just sort of sputter along. if it gets better -- >> which is dastardly for someone in need of others to hurt so they can succeed. with that said, and those are not his words but i get your point. let's look at ohio when the president was at that same community college in 2010. the unemployment rate was over 10%. now he's back there yesterday and i believe it is 7.6 in ohio. >> yeah. that's good...

He holds a sizable lead over romney including women's issueious, international affairs, health care and romney leads on energy policy just outside the margin of error. it's more competitive in jobs in the economy. in job creation, they are in a tie on who can better handle the economy. on handling the federal deficit. romney has a double digit lead. president obama is more likable by a margin of 54% to 26%. >> let's start with those numbers. harold ford, the old beer question, who would you rather have a beer with? barack obama is going to have it thrown his way here. how significant -- you kn...